Method of insuring data integrity with a data randomizer
US5889796A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/183
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage system is disclosed that is capable of performing a double check on data read from a storage media to determine whether the data is the data desired by a requesting host computer. If the data is not the desired data, the system discards the data before it reaches the host. The data storage system uses a randomizer unit having a variable initialization value. The initialization value is based upon the address of the data storage location being accessed by the host. If the initialization value used to read a piece of data is different than the value used to write the data, uncorrectable data errors result and the data is discarded.
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